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Pirates of Venus was the first of the Amtor/Venus series. Although first serialized in Argosy in 1932, it was later serialized in Passing Show Magazine in England, with the ERB, Inc. first edition hardcover appearing in February 15, 1934. The hero, Earthborn Carson, arrives on Venus in answer to telepathic messages. Through an error in trajectory calculation his Mars-bound spaceship lands on Venus. The story is a typically Burroughs with high adventure, fighting hero in a strange alien land, a beautiful princess, fantastic creatures and strange societies. As he has done in his previous alien worlds, ERB creates a new language with a written alphabet.. Reflecting the mood of the '30s, ERB has also included elements of political satire against communism (the Thorists).
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Captured by an ancient native civilization, Carson glimpsed a beautiful woman in a palace garden and committed a sun unpardonable by the laws of his adopted planet -- He fell in love with a princess of Venus… Beneath the eternal clouds, Carson found a race of strange men inhabiting trees that made the giant red woods of California look like mere saplings. These men - and their woman - were all very handsome and healthy, for they had discovered the secret of perpetual youth and the method of avoiding all disease. But despite all their wisdom, imminent danger threatened to wipe out all the Vepajans and their lovely princess Duare. The world of Amtor (as the Venusians call their planet), like Barsoom, is very advanced in some ways and very backwards in others. Scientists have harnessed atomic power for their sea-going ships, but are completely ignorant of the concept of flying machines until Carson builds one. Whichever means of travel you use, don't stray too far from land. Amtorians think their world is a flat disc, and if you travel to the rim you might freeze to death in the frozen wastes at the edge, and if you venture toward the center of the disc you could die from the heat. With their belief that the equator is where the North Pole is and vice versa you can get lost on Amtor pretty fast. A trip to Amtor is bound to be loaded with adventure and thrills. And if you run across Carson Napier, give him a hand out of his current predicament after all, he did land on the wrong planet.... |
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Then, captured by an ancient native civilization, Carson glimpsed a beautiful woman in a palace garden and committed a sun unpardonable by the laws of his adopted planet -- He fell in love with a princess of Venus… Beneath the eternal clouds, Carson found a race of strange men inhabiting trees that made the giant red woods of California look like mere saplings. These men - and their woman - were all very handsome and healthy, for they had discovered the secret of perpetual youth and the method of avoiding all disease. But despite all their wisdom, imminent danger threatened to wipe out all the Vepajans and their lovely princess Duare. Had Carson Napier arrived in time to save them, or was his arrival the signalfor the annihilation to begin? |
Carson Napier |
Ed Burroughs and the female figure in the white shroud |
Carson Napier and his torpedo |
Carson Napier views the moon |
Carson Napier approaches Venus |
Amtorian tongzan |
Girl in the garden |
Amtorian tree city |
The girl sees Carson Napier |
Mutiny |
Carson Napier meets the janjong |
Carson Napier entrusts Duare to the angan |
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Paul Stahr cover art restoration by Charles
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Interior illustrations by artist Samuel Cahan, from the September
24, 1932 issue of Argosy,
illustrating part 2 of "The Pirates of Venus" by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Ace F-179 | 1963 |
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1. UK Pinnacle Edition (click
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2. Artist: Roy
Carnon (Thanks Laurence Dunn)
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(Thanks Laurence Dunn)
3. Artist: Esteban Maroto (Thanks David A. Ullery)
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London: John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd., [1935].
First British edition. Octavo. [viii], 312 pages. Publisher's cloth
with gilt spine title.
From the library of John Coleman Burroughs, inscribed by Danton
Burroughs to Jerry Weist on the title page.
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VENUS (AMTOR) SERIES in the ERBzine C.H.A.S.E.R BIBLIOGRAPHY
| 1. Pirates
of Venus
2. Lost on Venus 3. Carson of Venus |
4. Escape
on Venus
5. The Wizard of Venus (Tales of Three Planets) |
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